Elebits: The Adventure of Kai and Zero

Elebits was one of the surprise games to come out during the first year of the Wii. The gameplay was creative and was one of the few first-person shooters that worked for the system.

Unfortunately, creator Shingo Mukaitoge’s follow up Dewey’s Adventurewas less than stellar. For all his creative ideas, combining a platformer and a Marble Madness game just doesn’t work.

So when I heard that Konami was making a sequel to Elebits, I was fairly optimistic. Even if it was going to be on the Nintendo DS, I thought that it could be good. But as usual, the team has managed to surprise me again.

Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero is a 2D adventure game that takes place after the events of the Wii game. Kai and Zero, the elebit behind the first one, get transported back in time. (Apparently, Kai’s dad built a DeLorean.)